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is singular production and members of his administration would say so is the affordable care act. affordable care act doesn't solve two of the three major problems with respect to of american healthcare. it is a program that will evolve nd won't look anything like it does today. irrespective of who gets elected. done dministration hasn't that much. in the forward moving sense. in terms of b execution of the foreign affairs .ower, commander in chief power mistakes all over the place. bad policies, terrible appointments. it is the most introspective president i can think of and i a fair amount about many of the presidents. in dog years,live it is close to an election cycle. here are plenty of people on both sides lining up and the answer may lie in that. misdemeanors and is and should be a very high standard. is i would want to see oftern, some kind of pattern lawlessness and some evidence of willfulness. so a willful pattern of violation of law and i think high standard. i think that is the legal reason that many en't heard people talking about impeachment. i think the political re
is singular production and members of his administration would say so is the affordable care act. affordable care act doesn't solve two of the three major problems with respect to of american healthcare. it is a program that will evolve nd won't look anything like it does today. irrespective of who gets elected. done dministration hasn't that much. in the forward moving sense. in terms of b execution of the foreign affairs .ower, commander in chief power mistakes all over the place. bad...
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this contempt about the obama administration, the product of a belief he has exceeded his powers, that he abrogated powers that did not belong to the executive, or is it that he is just not very good at being an executive? i think probably the bulk is for the latter, that may be the more important question is the former, and that is what we are talking about today. asked to compare this president with all of the rest of the presidents. i'm not going to go through one by one, but let me say looking back over the history of the presidency, and in fairness to president obama, i think it is fallso say, obama likely within a large middle, even with respect to congressional and separation of powers relationships. president has issues about war powers. i am less eager to have courts decide cases like this than the congress because i know we are one vote away from a various bad supreme court -- from a very bad to bring court and i do not like judges to abrogate power to themselves. said, every president has had a problem in this area. non-has lost it. has lost it. that is not what we're talkin
this contempt about the obama administration, the product of a belief he has exceeded his powers, that he abrogated powers that did not belong to the executive, or is it that he is just not very good at being an executive? i think probably the bulk is for the latter, that may be the more important question is the former, and that is what we are talking about today. asked to compare this president with all of the rest of the presidents. i'm not going to go through one by one, but let me say...
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i remained in that position at the obama administration at the request of secretary napolitano. upon retiring from the government in 2009 i helped to found the security company that works for the government sector and private clients. therefore, the viewpoint i will share today is informed largely by my experience with the secret service and the benefits of having worked for and many other security organizations around the world for almost 40 years. let me commend the members for the time and interest you are showing on the subject, especially at this juncture when there are so many pressing security concerns to which our government must pay attention. it goes without saying the reset incident with the individual jumping the fence and making inside the white house is unprecedented and unacceptable. this is not just my view, but it is the director's view that it is unacceptable as well as the rank-and-file. this is critically important in this incident. we could easily be discussing why an iraqi veteran possibly suffering through posttraumatic stress disorder armed with only a po
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i remained in that position at the obama administration at the request of secretary napolitano. upon retiring from the government in 2009 i helped to found the security of that work for government sector and private clients. therefore, the viewpoint i will share today is informed largely by men experience with the secret service and the benefits of having worked for and many other eu leak security organizations around the world for almost 40 years. let me commend the members for the time and interest you are showing on the subject, especially at this juncture when there are so many pressing security concerns to which our government must pay attention. it goes without saying the reset incident with the individual crossing the fence and making inside the white house is unprecedented him and unacceptable. this is not just my view, but it is the directors view that it is unacceptable as well as the rank-and-file. this is critically and portman this incident. we could easily be discussing why an iraqi veteran possibly suffering through posttraumatic stress disorder armed with only a
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and every administration from truman to obama had a stit constituency that had an assumption guided about the middle east which is if you solve the israeli issue you'd region. by the way, if you solve it today, it wouldn't stop one barrel bomb from being dropped in syria. it wouldn't have -- soist wouldn't change its approach. you can go through country by country. i rack's problems today and so forth. so it's important to realize that. but that can't be an argument for not dealing with the issue. and by the way, if you looked at the video, sam's preoccupation with this issue was driven by how we defined american interests, how we defined the region, but also how we defined israel's interest. and so i do want to deal with that issue at the end because we haven't really dealt with it. but let me sort of deal with two broad sort of questions, in effect, and i won't belabor it too long because we'll have some time for questions. in the first case, how do we look at the region? i think sam would say what do we learn by looking at the landscape of the region right now? he would probably sayers
and every administration from truman to obama had a stit constituency that had an assumption guided about the middle east which is if you solve the israeli issue you'd region. by the way, if you solve it today, it wouldn't stop one barrel bomb from being dropped in syria. it wouldn't have -- soist wouldn't change its approach. you can go through country by country. i rack's problems today and so forth. so it's important to realize that. but that can't be an argument for not dealing with the...
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i can understand the obama administration and isis. i understand it well because they are terrorists. would be a lot better if the republicans would pull together. i don't agree with everything obama do, but they need to stop people fighting in the white house. a lot of things would get done. host: ernestine from north carolina with her comments. ed is next on the line for independents. religion is regarded by the common man as true, the wise as false, and the rulers as useful. why is risk never mentioned when we talk about terrorism? the department of state reports only 17 u.s. citizens were killed worldwide as a result of terrorism in 2011. a 52,000 or $35,000 times more likely to die from heart disease than a terrorist attack. justice would solve 90% of all our problems. c-span, i wish you would get professor john mueller back on here. he had the book "overblown." they cannot do away with american life. i will read this and then get off your. host: i want to let salam al-marayati take your comment about the concerns some of the thre
i can understand the obama administration and isis. i understand it well because they are terrorists. would be a lot better if the republicans would pull together. i don't agree with everything obama do, but they need to stop people fighting in the white house. a lot of things would get done. host: ernestine from north carolina with her comments. ed is next on the line for independents. religion is regarded by the common man as true, the wise as false, and the rulers as useful. why is risk...
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this race was that when we're talking that it was ate, heavily tilted away from states that president obama a-- was popular in and so that is not a surprising result. you know, the -- everything president has had the same kind kind has been in the same of position in their administration. i think that again the candidates are all very tightly close right now and if they can get across an economic message have a good chance of winning. >> the wisdom is the house stays in republican hands, the senate is in play, agree or disagree? >> agree. >> do you see any scenario in which the democrats can recapture the house? a limit.k that there's i don't think that's impossible but i think right now the attention is on the senate. >> met knee trottman. >> i want to move to the politics and have you talk about the states we were focusing on, the battle ground states, why and what are some of the issues in those states? >> sure. the way the a.f.l.c.i.o. works s that we are almost exclusively focused on -- sroots activism and that and person to person contact and build on the labor movement that exist in
this race was that when we're talking that it was ate, heavily tilted away from states that president obama a-- was popular in and so that is not a surprising result. you know, the -- everything president has had the same kind kind has been in the same of position in their administration. i think that again the candidates are all very tightly close right now and if they can get across an economic message have a good chance of winning. >> the wisdom is the house stays in republican hands,...
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every president has had -- has been in the same kind of position in the sixth year of their administration. i think the candidates are all very close right now. across any can get economic message they have a good chance of winning. >> the senate is in play, agree or disagree? >> agree. mi is there any scenario where democrats can recapture the house? i don't think that is impossible. i think that right now the attention is on the senate. >> melanie. >> i want to move to the politics and have you talk about the states that labor is focusing on, the battleground states and what some of the issues are in the states. >> we are almost exclusively focused on grassroots activism. and person-to-person contact and building on the labor movement that exists in each place and each location. we are obviously going to be putting more effort -- able to states likeort in michigan, alaska, iowa, colorado , then in some of the other states. thatwe are seeing is economic issues have played a really important role. thehave a senate race that republicans would have hoped would be closer than it is. gary pete
every president has had -- has been in the same kind of position in the sixth year of their administration. i think the candidates are all very close right now. across any can get economic message they have a good chance of winning. >> the senate is in play, agree or disagree? >> agree. mi is there any scenario where democrats can recapture the house? i don't think that is impossible. i think that right now the attention is on the senate. >> melanie. >> i want to move to...
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even in the common core curriculum or instance of the obama administration. let's change the truth to fit our liberal agenda objectives and narrated's. we see it happening left and right. andave got to resist that tell what happened the way it happened. >> thank you. we are down to about three minutes. i will ask you for a brief assessment of the strategy that has been laid out by the president to deal with this threat of isis. >> well, there is not a strategy. i think even he admitted that he didn't have one. as we see that, there is a are real desire on the part of almost all americans to make sure we deal with the. of the threat israel. it is a threat against american interest and american people. we need to understand that. what we need to do is to make sure we have a clear and decisive object of, one that is strategical and focused. , whatdon't have that happens is we have a lot of dollars that are spent. billions of dollars that will be spent. the camouflage or doing something to protect the national interest and yet it doesn't. we have people with the
even in the common core curriculum or instance of the obama administration. let's change the truth to fit our liberal agenda objectives and narrated's. we see it happening left and right. andave got to resist that tell what happened the way it happened. >> thank you. we are down to about three minutes. i will ask you for a brief assessment of the strategy that has been laid out by the president to deal with this threat of isis. >> well, there is not a strategy. i think even he...
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first of all, before the obama administration, it was called global war on terror. inis global, our military is 100 nations-plus around the world, and they are not twiddling their thumbs. they are resisting evil in a lot of forms. it is partly rooted in this islamic fundamental terrorism. global war, it is a war, and it is terrorism. let's call it what it is. let's be sure we know what we are aiming at. [applause] we have a lot of external threats. that is the primary one because it is like a cancer. the two other threats that i would identify briefly is our internal apathy, it's a national security issue. more people like you need to stand up to be counted. the third one is that we have been infiltrated. the enemy is within. 9/11, a fewafter days later, to check out the intelligence, and in about 30 seconds, i saw the deal. i saw liquid displays on this dome. it showed cell phone calls coming from afghanistan going to places like new york, north carolina, nashville, dearborn. these are all islamic sanctuaries in the united states within which there are fundamentali
first of all, before the obama administration, it was called global war on terror. inis global, our military is 100 nations-plus around the world, and they are not twiddling their thumbs. they are resisting evil in a lot of forms. it is partly rooted in this islamic fundamental terrorism. global war, it is a war, and it is terrorism. let's call it what it is. let's be sure we know what we are aiming at. [applause] we have a lot of external threats. that is the primary one because it is like a...
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. >> how do you think the obama administration is handling the situation in ukraine and how would you deal with vladimir putin if you were president? >> i do believe that this administration has been taking the right approach with respect to the situation in ukraine. first, the issue of the russian involvement in ukraine involves larger players in historic europe countries like germany, which have an impact on the actions of the russians. second, it's possible, always possible, for the russians to have overplayed their hand. we saw this actually with the soviets in afghanistan, in 1979. where they went in, they overplayed their hand and over time they had to adjust their policies. i believe the policy of sanction and working with our european partners is the best way to go. what we can be thankful for right now by the way is that ukraine did not become a member of nato, as many people were advocating during the time that i was in the senate. because if they were a member of nato, we would be obligated to come to their defense militarily in some of these situations. we need to preserve
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and the obama administration. he gave various examples. there is some merit in that argument. i agree with steve's point as well. >> it is worth stressing the very different constitutional question we are grappling with today versus 5, 10 years ago. the question is not what happens when you have a president legally defy an act of congress on the grounds of statutorily unconstitutional. the question is what happens when you have a president who is convinced that some force needs to be used to quell a threat to the united states, where congress apparently agrees, where there seems to be more than the majority in both houses, but where they just cannot get their heads together whether for political reasons or logistical reasons or for other reasons unknown to us. that is the constitutional crisis that worries me, which is not when you have congress saying one thing and the president saying something else. it is when you have complete agreement among the political branches that a refusal to do with the constitution re
and the obama administration. he gave various examples. there is some merit in that argument. i agree with steve's point as well. >> it is worth stressing the very different constitutional question we are grappling with today versus 5, 10 years ago. the question is not what happens when you have a president legally defy an act of congress on the grounds of statutorily unconstitutional. the question is what happens when you have a president who is convinced that some force needs to be used...
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administration are bumping along with the president kind of in sync with american public opinion on the question of the summer, which was whether we want to get involved in syria and iraq. his answer was no, and the american people's answer was no. that is where things were until one thing happened. there was a release of the beheading video of james foley. that event grab the attention of the american public. there was more attention paid to that event in the terms of the way people paid attention, more than trayvon martin, more than the obamacare rollout. more people paid attention to the beheading video than anything we tested for the last five years. it was a galvanizing moment that changed attitudes. when we asked should the u.s. be militarily involved against the islamic state a couple weeks ago, the answer was 61% of the people said yes. slightly higher among republicans than democrats and independents. there was a sense we have got to do something. i think there is still limited appetite. when we ask people if they want to be more or less involved in world affairs, the numbe
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one, is the action we are taking in the administration. >> obama had been terrific. >> it is very substantial policy we put into effect. it is i think going to have a very serious impact both on power plants and on motor vehicles. and it is real policy. frankly i think the work that you and hank paulson and michael bloomberg and others have done on risky business brought together the business community and people who are looking at it from a kind of public/private perspective in a way that puts it higher on the radar for ongoing policy debate. and the question of whether or not legislation can be enacted is separate from whether or not the public is focused on it and whether or not we can take action to deal with it. meetings like the meetings in new york this week are very important because the commitments we make internationally matter and the commitments that leaders make to take home and that is true in the united states and true around the world. >> what do you say to the -- i know the argument that indians make and i guess the chinese and many others is you created this problem, now we
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and then ever since obama has been in office, he has always cut the bush administration down. we -- bush and them had to be in iraq, i mean, they said they had weapons of mass destruction and we had to go after them. >> well, first, let me say while i respect your opinion, you know, sometimes we have to make sure the facts are also clear. the affordable care act is now covering more americans than was originally projected. individuals that have preexisting conditions, heart disease, diabetes, cancer can no longer be denied insurance because of that preexisting condition. the fact that women can no longer be charged more because of their gender as well as the fact that insurance companies can not cap you based on a lifetime of expense based on a major illness. on the issue of, you know, the fake question and those who don't support the provisions of providing preventative healthcare to women and their right to have that choice along with their doctor, there are protections that the administration has reached with many of the faith organizations and leaders on this provision. yo
and then ever since obama has been in office, he has always cut the bush administration down. we -- bush and them had to be in iraq, i mean, they said they had weapons of mass destruction and we had to go after them. >> well, first, let me say while i respect your opinion, you know, sometimes we have to make sure the facts are also clear. the affordable care act is now covering more americans than was originally projected. individuals that have preexisting conditions, heart disease,...
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i came at the national press club and announce the obama administration. lawsuitunce the as demoralizing and hypocritical. i don't think i am getting invited to the christmas party. i think it is wrong for the federal government to interfere inh the micromanaging louisiana. it is wrong for them to say they ,now better than parents which is why we are in federal court, suing the federal government saying they should get common core out of the state of louisiana. [applause] it is a violation of the 10th amendment and federal law for the government trying to be making curriculum decisions in her classroom. be on the philosophical point, i invite parents to look at the reading text associated with, incorporated look at the math problems. it makes no sense. there is no reason to give these bureaucrats the right to determine how our classrooms are run in the united states of america. [applause] wonder, how in the world we get to the point where the federal government feels like it has this power? for once i agree with david axelrod. he was tried to defend presid
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administration that we are firmly committed to doing our part. as part of the smart on crime initiative, we have implemented important reforms and evidence-based strategies to make the criminal justice system both more fair and more effective. national initiative for building community trust and justice which i announced earlier this month, we are mistrustto eliminate into builds from relationships between law enforcement officers and the communities that they serve so that we can diffuse tensions that cymer just under the surface in too many cities and towns across our great country into often give rise to tragic events like those that captured our national attention just last month in ferguson, missouri. ofond these efforts, as part my brothers keeper initiative, we are working together to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color to ensure that all young people can reach their full potential. in fact, i can announce today that we stand poised to take this work to a new level and to complement our data-driven appr
administration that we are firmly committed to doing our part. as part of the smart on crime initiative, we have implemented important reforms and evidence-based strategies to make the criminal justice system both more fair and more effective. national initiative for building community trust and justice which i announced earlier this month, we are mistrustto eliminate into builds from relationships between law enforcement officers and the communities that they serve so that we can diffuse...
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started and first was under the obama administration. runnings a gun operation under the bush administration. force them into the united states to sell them. those gunment forced dealers to sell them. if you like to know about eric the border agent can tell you something about what she thinks. 250 mexicans are killed with those guns. host: this is the -- "the hill" newspaper. michael is in california on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. eric holder did some good things. but what about the wall street fiasco? he did not prosecute anybody. nobody went to jail. a law firm in washington dc. totally immersed in corporate law. all they do is represent white-collar crime. he is going back to that firm. hill" newspaper floyd is in for genia. caller: good morning. eric holder, he did away with those voters. people voted against homosexuality. he told the attorney general not to. he done away with all those voters. that ought to be big news. how can he do away with all those votes? it good thing about seeing this happened
started and first was under the obama administration. runnings a gun operation under the bush administration. force them into the united states to sell them. those gunment forced dealers to sell them. if you like to know about eric the border agent can tell you something about what she thinks. 250 mexicans are killed with those guns. host: this is the -- "the hill" newspaper. michael is in california on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. eric holder did some...
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someone the action take beenity administration. >> president obama has been terrific. >> it is a very substantial policy that we put into effect. it is i think going to have a very serious impact on power plants and motor vehicles and it is real policy. frankly i think the work that you and hank pahlsson and michael bloomberg and vorse done on risky business brought together the business community and people who are looking at it from a public/private perspective in a way that puts it higher on the radar for ongoing policy debate. the question of whether or not legislation can be enacted is separate from whether the public is focused on it and whether or not we can take action to deal with its. meet education like the meet information new york this week are very important. because of the commitments that we make internationally matter. the commitments that leaders make they take home, that is true in the united states and around the world. >> what do you think, i know the arguments that the indians and i guess the chinese and many others make. you created this problem. we're growing.
someone the action take beenity administration. >> president obama has been terrific. >> it is a very substantial policy that we put into effect. it is i think going to have a very serious impact on power plants and motor vehicles and it is real policy. frankly i think the work that you and hank pahlsson and michael bloomberg and vorse done on risky business brought together the business community and people who are looking at it from a public/private perspective in a way that puts...
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there are potential regulations that are going to be issued soon determined by the obama administration and in part created by a group called the protectionnancial bureau. that the caucus struggled to make happen. is why we are getting this progress. i'm saying don't disconnect what on the ground with the importance of the vote that you cast. how i think we tuesday. we use that anger -- how we use it. we use the anger to motivate people to come out and make a difference in their own lives. point oute, we should to people that one of the best voting reforms that has been happening in the country is voter registration. >> right. >> if your state doesn't have it.you got to push for because it has been radical in getting people to sign up and to register to vote especially young people. so that is where we are seeing promise of online, you know, online technology in voting. don't forget that when sandy happened, all of a sudden, new a way to doed out online voting. so we need to understand that but we got totial make sure that the technology is available to everyone. thank you. >> and immed
there are potential regulations that are going to be issued soon determined by the obama administration and in part created by a group called the protectionnancial bureau. that the caucus struggled to make happen. is why we are getting this progress. i'm saying don't disconnect what on the ground with the importance of the vote that you cast. how i think we tuesday. we use that anger -- how we use it. we use the anger to motivate people to come out and make a difference in their own lives....
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i have no concern that the obama administration would bring them back for trial. in dede we have not sent any new suspect to guantanamo since 2008 before president obama came to office. i don't think there is any reason why that would change now. i think part of that is because we evolved these laws we were discussing earlier. after the hunger strikes i think it is important to add one layer to the description of the hunger strikes. part of what the detainees, and there are still 149 of them at guantanamo, are protesting, are changes in their conditions of confinement. these harsher search procedures they're being subjected to including searches of their genital areas before they can even make a phone call to their lawyers let alone meet with their lawyers in person. that is currently being litigated here in d.c. in federal appeals court. i wouldn't assume this is all as benign as it may sound. i think there is actually a real new problem at guantanamo that the detainees are trying to use the hunger strikes to object about. that's still being litigated. there is a
i have no concern that the obama administration would bring them back for trial. in dede we have not sent any new suspect to guantanamo since 2008 before president obama came to office. i don't think there is any reason why that would change now. i think part of that is because we evolved these laws we were discussing earlier. after the hunger strikes i think it is important to add one layer to the description of the hunger strikes. part of what the detainees, and there are still 149 of them at...
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this will increasingly be a math problem for the obama administration. these were power resolution letters are seven different notifications to congress about different escalations and different uses of force in iraq and syria against isis. the theory behind these seven different letters is that each one of them starts the clock the new. that is not what the resolution was meant calm push. -- to accomplish. it was to create this congressional restraint, that there is an automatic off switch. if the president could just reset the clock, the off switch becomes pointless. guest: seven new letters the since this was again in august and iraq and request the first were over the summer in june and july. there have been five more letters since august. i think the war powers resolution provides at least ambiguous cover for the initial operation. it does not necessarily authorize them, but it does seem to contemplate some. those 60 days, no matter how you count them, will be up long before congress was back in november. guest: it is not surprising that every presi
this will increasingly be a math problem for the obama administration. these were power resolution letters are seven different notifications to congress about different escalations and different uses of force in iraq and syria against isis. the theory behind these seven different letters is that each one of them starts the clock the new. that is not what the resolution was meant calm push. -- to accomplish. it was to create this congressional restraint, that there is an automatic off switch. if...
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it will not be resolved today or in the obama administration. is it -- a tension the framers put in place so they could diffuse power horizontally, across the federal government, and vertically across the state government. i'm sure there are a lot of things we disagree with your i am not a law professor. i'm a military officer who served 23 years in the navy and at the heritage foundation. there are probably some points we disagree with. off thel just jump cliff. i think we probably disagree vehemently about where the line is and when the president has to go to congress. it is just, that is not where we are today. the reason is because you have two older statutes and more you have no question that congress and the american people support some kind of action against isis. this is not the kind of constitutional controversy that would raise the fight that we would happily get into if this were an academic conversation entirely because there is no dispute on that principle. the issue is why we are going and what the endgame is and what exactly the t
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and the obama administration. he gave various examples. there is some merit in that argument. i agree with steve's point as well. it is worth stressing the very different constitutional question we are grappling with today versus 5, 10 years ago. the question is not what happens when you have a president legally defy an act of congress on the grounds of statutorily unconstitutional. the question is what happens when you have a president who is convinced that some force needs to be used to quell a threat to the united states, where congress apparently agrees, where there seems to be more than the majority in both houses cannothere they just get their heads together whether for political reasons or logistical reasons or for other reasons unknown to us. that is the constitutional crisis that worries me, which is not when you have congress saying one thing and the president saying something else. when you have complete agreement among the political branches that a refusal to do with the constitution requires, which is
and the obama administration. he gave various examples. there is some merit in that argument. i agree with steve's point as well. it is worth stressing the very different constitutional question we are grappling with today versus 5, 10 years ago. the question is not what happens when you have a president legally defy an act of congress on the grounds of statutorily unconstitutional. the question is what happens when you have a president who is convinced that some force needs to be used to quell...
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. >> do you think that the obama administration is handling -- how do you think the obama administration is handling the situation in ukraine and how would you deal with vladimir pute finance you were president? -- putin if you were president? >> i do believe that this administration has been taking the right approach with respect to the situation in ukraine. of the russian involvement in ukraine involves larger players in historic europe countries like germany, which have an impact on the actions of the russians. second, it's possible, always possible, for the russians to have overplayed their hand. we saw this actually with the soviets in afghanistan, in 19 79. where they went in, they overplayed their hand and overtime -- and over time they had to adjust their policies. i believe the policy of sanction and working with our european partners is the best way to go. what we can be thankful for right now by the way is that ukraine did not become a member of nato, as many people were advocating during the time that i was in the senate. because if they were a member of nato, we would be obl
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what we're talking about, all this happened on the obama administration's watch. you cannot assign -- i think that is one of many reasons why the obama administration is very concerned about this. you can't say the syrian civil war happened under george w. bush. there is a huge governmental effort to -- and i think the only real way isis can succeed is what will mentioned, which is encouraging a lone wolf attack by someone who thinks that isis is great. not someone who has gone to syria, but like this yemeni guy who was arrested in rochester, new york. and by the way, he was an informant. it was not a real plot, per se. >> so, if one of the avenues -- if one of the avenues is to inspire people in the united states who have not made a trip to syria and iraq, that brings me to the next important plank of this discussion, which is the use of social media. when i first wrote about this four years ago, i talked about it as the lifeblood of the new digital jihad. my information had been anecdotal. pre-9/11 you had to have this one-to-one contact to cross the threshold t
what we're talking about, all this happened on the obama administration's watch. you cannot assign -- i think that is one of many reasons why the obama administration is very concerned about this. you can't say the syrian civil war happened under george w. bush. there is a huge governmental effort to -- and i think the only real way isis can succeed is what will mentioned, which is encouraging a lone wolf attack by someone who thinks that isis is great. not someone who has gone to syria, but...
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by the end of the administration, she was the director of -- she's had a distinguished career. and philanthropy, she had major responsibilities and not one but two big foundations. then president obama had the good sense to bring her back to washington to be director of omb. i was delighted. i have a strong affection for the office of management and budget and i always feel better when i know the agency is in a strong, confident hand. i also have a deep respect for the difficulties of that job because it is the toughest job i ever did. but apparently, it was not tough enough for sylvia. she let the president talked her into an even tougher one. the department of health and human services is a vital agency of government that literally affects every single american at sometime in their lives, often many times area at any time in history, running hhs effectively is a huge strategic and managerial challenge. but this may be the most challenging time of all. it includes implementing the affordable care act. the aca is a far-reaching, much-needed piece of legislation that has -- that
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administration as a cast is precluding you from working in the government, they should be treated like people like everyone else. the second thing is that we ask lobbyists to register and we have a law to ask lobbyists to register so we understand what they're working for and what they're doing. we penalize people for that behavior and we tend to stop doing it. we have thousands of lobbyists deregistering and becoming strategic advisors. i think that is counter productive. this is a part many of your callers do not have as much intuitive support for, but lobbyists are some of the folks who make the government work. mrs. murray have democrats and republicans rarely talking to each other, it is often lobbyists moving information back and forth and who are the conduits finger -- figuring out -- i think it is a somewhat cynical effort by washington insiders to suggest they're not when they go home to the republic. it seems it has gone a step too far. phoenix, arizona, steve is on the line for independents. caller: thank you for c-span. are you sure congress is not actually representing the
administration as a cast is precluding you from working in the government, they should be treated like people like everyone else. the second thing is that we ask lobbyists to register and we have a law to ask lobbyists to register so we understand what they're working for and what they're doing. we penalize people for that behavior and we tend to stop doing it. we have thousands of lobbyists deregistering and becoming strategic advisors. i think that is counter productive. this is a part many...
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>> as we speak, my office is working on a potential lawsuit against the obama administration where we are putting together all of the expenses incurred by the state of texas. one proposal that i am pondering is the possibility of being able to roll into that potential litigation, the expenses that have been incurred by the rio grande valley because these are expenses that should not come out of the pockets of taxpayers in the state of texas. the reason is because it was not mckellen or the rio grande valley that caused this. the reason why this happened is because when the president stood in the rose garden in 2012 and cast a message basically telling people they would be able to come here without any type of enforcement. what we need to do is hold the president and his administration responsible for paying this bill. as we speak, i am working on getting that done. >> as i said earlier, had i been governor at that time, and when i am elected governor, if i have the privilege of serving there, i will call all of our local communities before the legislature and ask them what it is that
>> as we speak, my office is working on a potential lawsuit against the obama administration where we are putting together all of the expenses incurred by the state of texas. one proposal that i am pondering is the possibility of being able to roll into that potential litigation, the expenses that have been incurred by the rio grande valley because these are expenses that should not come out of the pockets of taxpayers in the state of texas. the reason is because it was not mckellen or...
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and if you become too reticent, i think a lot of my air france have claimed the obama administration is much too reticent and they think there's nothing you're willing to do and you become less relevant. as a country, we have to be better at the gearing out where we can do things. there is physics and chemistry involved. there are times we have to be very precise about applying psychology politics. times three say that is too delicate. we can't do that. and we dust off and compensate for another direction. i think this is about the world that has become much more complex in which there has been a democratization of destruction in which a lot of individuals can have global reach that was not possible 10 years ago. and we're still trying to swallow what it is we can do and i think it will take us a while to get there. but your experience to me not only highlight what we were unable to do in a narrative and that you encountered in afghanistan and iraq, but as you know better than anyone in this room, to get a really smart bureaucracy, a really smart bureaucracy, and all my time of worki
and if you become too reticent, i think a lot of my air france have claimed the obama administration is much too reticent and they think there's nothing you're willing to do and you become less relevant. as a country, we have to be better at the gearing out where we can do things. there is physics and chemistry involved. there are times we have to be very precise about applying psychology politics. times three say that is too delicate. we can't do that. and we dust off and compensate for...
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looking at the threat posed by isis and the plan the obama administration has come up with here to combat isis, do you think isis can be defeated without having boots on the ground question mark -- ground? to see we haved a strategy and it is being articulated. the thing worrisome is that we cannot use solely air pilots to defeat isis. that begs the question, if you cannot do that, do we need to put boots on the ground? generalyou heard dempsey said last week that ultimately, we need to be prepared to have to put boots on the ground. i would submit that marty is right on track with that. first and foremost, we need to think about the thousands of that we trained in iraq that should be capable now of being the boots on the ground . is there nation and we trained them. it is time to fight against isis. serve as theey boots on the ground. can't, we have got a bigger problem. >> he mentioned a lot of reaction on capitol hill, leading to articles with headlines like "strategic risk widens between obama and the pentagon. ?o you see a risk >> i think marty is doing what any good chairman and mil
looking at the threat posed by isis and the plan the obama administration has come up with here to combat isis, do you think isis can be defeated without having boots on the ground question mark -- ground? to see we haved a strategy and it is being articulated. the thing worrisome is that we cannot use solely air pilots to defeat isis. that begs the question, if you cannot do that, do we need to put boots on the ground? generalyou heard dempsey said last week that ultimately, we need to be...
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administration has made. >> but if you take just -- dwell on this but i'm kireous, if you look out over the decades as to what we have to do, what percentage we have to do when we accomplish it. is it more like 20% or 50% or 80%? >> the way i think about it is the problem has been for decades that the effective price on carbon, penalty for ee meeting co2 was zero basically around the world. you now have all of these bright spots. power plant rules, state of california, northeast states in the united states. you have china doing things. it's a huge step. now we have to get the effective price at a higher level to achieve levels of reductions that are necessary but it's an enormous step. and if i can add one thing, this is happening at the exact same time that -- it's the golden age of fossil fuels with respect to fracking. it's really an enormous accomplishment to make progress on co2 emissions at the same time that's happening. >> what will happen in paris next year, jay? >> there's going to be a lot of bilateral discussions between now and paris. we're going to work very hard to get an
administration has made. >> but if you take just -- dwell on this but i'm kireous, if you look out over the decades as to what we have to do, what percentage we have to do when we accomplish it. is it more like 20% or 50% or 80%? >> the way i think about it is the problem has been for decades that the effective price on carbon, penalty for ee meeting co2 was zero basically around the world. you now have all of these bright spots. power plant rules, state of california, northeast...
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the obama administration has made. 20%, 15% -- >> the way i think about it is the problem has been for decades that the effective price on carbon, the penalty for emitting co2 into the atmosphere was zero. around the world. spots, theese bright new rules, china doing things. it is a huge step to get the price above zero. now we have to get the effect of rice and a higher level to achieve the levels of reductions that are kind of necessary it is an enormous step. this is happening at the exact same time, it is the golden age of fossil fuels with respect to fracking. enormous accomplishment to make that at the same time that is happening. >> what is going to happen in paris? ofthere will be a lot bilateral discussions between now and paris. we will work very hard to get an agreement with both the developed and developing countries to set ambitious standards. --o nothing going to paris do not think going to paris for these high lateral discussions will be productive. cannot put a number out there. we want the goal to be as ambitious as realistic, and probably push a little bit beyond real
the obama administration has made. 20%, 15% -- >> the way i think about it is the problem has been for decades that the effective price on carbon, the penalty for emitting co2 into the atmosphere was zero. around the world. spots, theese bright new rules, china doing things. it is a huge step to get the price above zero. now we have to get the effect of rice and a higher level to achieve the levels of reductions that are kind of necessary it is an enormous step. this is happening at the...
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as you look at the threat posed by isis and the plan that the obama administration has come up with here to combat isis, do you think isis can be defeated without having boots on the ground? >> first of all, i'm delighted to see that we now have a strategy and it's being articulated. the part that is worrisome is that we can use solely air power to defeat isis. that begs the question, if you can't do that, then do we need to put boots on the ground? i think you heard general dempsey when he testified last week say that ultimately, we need to be prepared to have to put boots on the ground. i would submit that he is right on track with that, but i would say first and foremost, we need to think about the thousands of iraq he forces that we train, for example in iraq, that should be capable now of being the boots on the ground and fighting , it's time for them to fight against isis and therefore they serve as the boots on the ground. they should be able to defeat isis in every way, shape, and form. dempsey,ntion journal his comments getting a lot of reaction on capitol hill. strategicines li
as you look at the threat posed by isis and the plan that the obama administration has come up with here to combat isis, do you think isis can be defeated without having boots on the ground? >> first of all, i'm delighted to see that we now have a strategy and it's being articulated. the part that is worrisome is that we can use solely air power to defeat isis. that begs the question, if you can't do that, then do we need to put boots on the ground? i think you heard general dempsey when...
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roy blunt said he will be at rennes waterfield trucking in munro city to talk about obama administration's costly regulation. keith ellison is speaking at a calm -- at a conference today saying great public transportation means faster travel and less pollution. republican, the iowa evan her and his opponent took to the stage for a one-hour debate. was the second of a series of three debates focused on economic austerity and job creation. we will show you that debate in a moment, but first some of the political ads the candidates are running. ago, 114,000 iowans were out of work. unemployment was the highest in 25 years. the state budget was 900 billion dollars -- $900 million in debt will stop today, we have a budget surplus will stop 140,000 new jobs will stop governor branstad is just getting started. >> he is honest, he is compassionate, he is a visionary. he is always looking forward to where we can go next to where we can do better and grow the economy. the jobs are there. unemployment is at the lowest in the nation we see young people moving back. we have more iowans working today th
roy blunt said he will be at rennes waterfield trucking in munro city to talk about obama administration's costly regulation. keith ellison is speaking at a calm -- at a conference today saying great public transportation means faster travel and less pollution. republican, the iowa evan her and his opponent took to the stage for a one-hour debate. was the second of a series of three debates focused on economic austerity and job creation. we will show you that debate in a moment, but first some...
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>> i'm in the best position to negotiate with the legislature and to stand up to president obama's administration as to what we need to do in the future. i positioned myself to make sure that we can measure the costs clearly, without any question. the private option has helped our hospitals and expanded health care in arkansas. but any governor has to look at the cost for the future, down the road. when i'm governor, we will have taken up 10% of that. i think the costs are unpredictable. a report came out that the private option might cost more than the pure medicaid expansion. we are also still getting in numbers as to what the insurance rates are going to be. and so we are still measuring it. i think the governor has to be careful. let's wait till next year. >> but the legislature lead the way? -- let the legislature lead the way? >> i expect to lead the way with the legislature. the republicans help to create the private option. i think i can bring together as well as the democrats and say, let's figure out the right way for the future. we also have the question of waivers, which is not just e
>> i'm in the best position to negotiate with the legislature and to stand up to president obama's administration as to what we need to do in the future. i positioned myself to make sure that we can measure the costs clearly, without any question. the private option has helped our hospitals and expanded health care in arkansas. but any governor has to look at the cost for the future, down the road. when i'm governor, we will have taken up 10% of that. i think the costs are unpredictable....
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looking at the threat posed by isis and the plan the obama administration has come up with here to combat isis, do you think isis can be defeated without having boots on the ground question mark -- ground? to see we haved a strategy and it is being articulated. the thing worrisome is that we cannot use solely air pilots to defeat isis. that begs the question, if you cannot do that, do we need to put boots on the ground? generalyou heard dempsey said last week that ultimately, we need to be prepared to have to put boots on the ground. i would submit that marty is right on track with that. first and foremost, we need to think about the thousands of that we trained in iraq that should be capable now of being the boots on the ground . is there nation and we trained them. it is time to fight against isis. serve as theey boots on the ground. can't, we have got a bigger problem. >> he mentioned a lot of reaction on capitol hill, leading to articles with headlines like "strategic risk widens between obama and the pentagon. ?o you see a risk >> i think marty is doing what any good chairman and mil
looking at the threat posed by isis and the plan the obama administration has come up with here to combat isis, do you think isis can be defeated without having boots on the ground question mark -- ground? to see we haved a strategy and it is being articulated. the thing worrisome is that we cannot use solely air pilots to defeat isis. that begs the question, if you cannot do that, do we need to put boots on the ground? generalyou heard dempsey said last week that ultimately, we need to be...
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administration, you have the republican leadership pretty much ignore the victory that was handed to them and squander what could have been a natural alliance with the tea party. [video clip ends] >> his real name is james golden. how did you get him to come to the conference? >> to be clear, we sponsored the conference but we did not plan the conference. another group planned it. they arranged all of that. i met him for the first time last year at the conference. we were on a panel together during that time. he is one of us. he understands. he is conservative and he wants a country where there is more freedom and a debt-free future. especially when it comes to the debt-free future part, right after the elections of 2010 when there was this historic victory, the continuing resolution came up in early 2011, around february or march. the republicans promised to cut spending by i think $100 billion, $100 million, it was a fairly small amount compared to the entire budget. they couldn't even do that. their promise was a cut that would equal to three pennies out of every dollar. it could
administration, you have the republican leadership pretty much ignore the victory that was handed to them and squander what could have been a natural alliance with the tea party. [video clip ends] >> his real name is james golden. how did you get him to come to the conference? >> to be clear, we sponsored the conference but we did not plan the conference. another group planned it. they arranged all of that. i met him for the first time last year at the conference. we were on a panel...
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the obama administration says immigration reform is a key part of spurring growth over the next few years. do you agree with that? also, with the housing market ltering this year,, is resolving the status of freddie mae and freddie mac an important policy for republicans? >> there are a lot of things to add. i remember i gave a version of this speech a year ago and somebody said you got to have a fifth point. i was getting this point in the chest. you know, the issue is, reform. i gave it some thought and i thought yeah. legal reform needs to be part of this. there could be a lot of other pieces to this. yeah i think immigration reform would help our economy. you got to secure the borders first. we've got a mess and i think everybody knows we have a mess. our legal system is broken. our borders aren't secured. and then we've got the problem of those that are here without documents. it needs to be fixed. we're a nation of immigrants. the sooner we do it the better off the country would be. when it comes to the housing market, i don't know that, what is going to happen to fannie and freddie
the obama administration says immigration reform is a key part of spurring growth over the next few years. do you agree with that? also, with the housing market ltering this year,, is resolving the status of freddie mae and freddie mac an important policy for republicans? >> there are a lot of things to add. i remember i gave a version of this speech a year ago and somebody said you got to have a fifth point. i was getting this point in the chest. you know, the issue is, reform. i gave it...
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the administration has asked for is more immigration judges, and the obama administration's view, would help speed that up. people are not being turned up around and sent home as quickly as they could. when you think about that? judges,immigration along with tweaks in the law, would require in most instances the people that they have before them are required to leave the country. right now they can immediately turn around, coming into the united states from mexico. but that is not the case with people from other countries. their going to be taken, detained, and then sent back out. if you have the right public policy attached to more judges to process this more quickly, that is a good thing. but if you have the wrong policy, you will be processing into the united states, rather than telling them that this kind of entry into the country is the wrong way of doing it. as you know, one of the proms we where peopleklog come in now and are released into the united days where they have a court date to come back for. it is not how soon that court date is, it is whether or not they will show back
the administration has asked for is more immigration judges, and the obama administration's view, would help speed that up. people are not being turned up around and sent home as quickly as they could. when you think about that? judges,immigration along with tweaks in the law, would require in most instances the people that they have before them are required to leave the country. right now they can immediately turn around, coming into the united states from mexico. but that is not the case with...
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>> i'm in the best position to negotiate with the legislature and to stand up to president obama's administration as to what we need to do in the future. i positioned myself to make sure that we can measure the costs clearly, without any question. the private option has helped our hospitals and expanded health care in arkansas. but any governor has to look at the cost for the future, down the road. when i'm governor, we will have taken up 10% of that. i think the costs are unpredictable. a report came out that the private option might cost more than the pure medicaid expansion. we are also still getting in numbers as to what the insurance rates are going to be. and so we are still measuring it. i think the governor has to be careful. let's wait till next year. >> but the legislature lead the way? -- let the legislature lead the way? >> i expect to lead the way with the legislature. the republicans help to create the private option. i think i can bring together as well as the democrats and say, let's figure out the right way for the future. we also have the question of waivers, which is not just e
>> i'm in the best position to negotiate with the legislature and to stand up to president obama's administration as to what we need to do in the future. i positioned myself to make sure that we can measure the costs clearly, without any question. the private option has helped our hospitals and expanded health care in arkansas. but any governor has to look at the cost for the future, down the road. when i'm governor, we will have taken up 10% of that. i think the costs are unpredictable....